Israelite and Judahite Ambassadors to Assyria
In antiquity as today, ambassadors were the representatives of their states in foreign lands. But whose interests did ambassadors from small states to terrifying empires really rep
Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel
The Bible regards Solomon as the greatest and wisest of kings. But which Solomon are we talking about, that of Samuel-Kings or Chronicles? And which is closer to ‘history’?